Microporidae

Microporidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina
Superfamily:	Microporoidea
Family:	Microporidae Gray, 1848
Synonyms
Calpensiidae Canu & Bassler, 1923

Microporidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida. ^[1]

Genera

The following genera are recognised: ^[2]

• Andreella Jullien, 1888
• † Aviculiera Zágoršek, 2001
• Bryobifallax Rosso, Gerovasileiou & Di Martino, 2020
• Calpensia Jullien, 1888
• † Cianotremella Canu, 1911
• Coronellina Prenant & Bobin, 1966
• † Dimorphomicropora Ducasse & Vigneaux, 1960
• † Dimorphostylus Voigt, 1925
• Escharipora d'Orbigny, 1852
• Flustrapora Moyano, 1970
• †Gargantua Jullien, 1888
• † Manzonella Jullien, 1888
• Metamicropora Arakawa, 2016
• Micropora Gray, 1848
• Microporina Levinsen, 1909
• Mollia Lamouroux, 1816
• † Monsella Canu, 1900
• † Nematoporella Canu & Bassler, 1927
• Opaeophora Brown, 1948
• Otomicropora Gordon, 2014
• † Platelinella Taylor & Villier, 2022
• † Poropeltarion Cheetham, 1963
• Promicroa d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
• † Puncturiella Levinsen, 1925
• † Puncturiellina Voigt, 1987
• Rectimicropora Hayward & Winston, 2011
• † Rimosocella Cheetham, 1960
• Rosemariella Gordon, 2014
• Scriblitopora Hayward & Winston, 2011
• Steraechmella Lagaaij, 1952
• † Verminaria Jullien, 1888

References

1. "Microporidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Microporidae Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-27.